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A dance teacher serving 16 years in prison for sex offences has been jailed again for four years for raping a teenager in a hotel room when he was aged 26.
Brett Bullock, now 29, a former teaching assistant, raped the 18-year-old victim twice and then a third time as she slept in his hotel room in August 2019.
Plymouth Crown Court heard that hours later he had to report to police in Newquay, Cornwall, where he had been arrested on suspicion of rape and other sex offences.
The 29-year-old was convicted of sex offences against five girls in Newquay and in November 2020 was jailed for 16 years.
He was yesterday convicted of three rape offences against the 18-year-old victim in a hotel room.
Bullock was sentenced to four years in jail on top of the 16 years he is already serving and will now not be released until February 2034.
The court heard Bullock was arrested within hours of the Plymouth offence and was still in custody when he was due to answer his bail in Newquay in Cornwall.
When Bullock was first jailed in 2020 Judge Simon Carr said he was a 'talented and charismatic dance teacher who had considerable success taking young women through dance competitions nationally and internationally.
But Judge Carr said Bullock 'abused his position in the most appalling way.'
His 18-year-old victim yesterday told the court that the rapes had left her withdrawn and suffering from panic attacks and PTSD.
She said since the attacks she had been forced to quit her job and leave her shared house.
In a statement read to the court the woman said: 'This is something I will have to live with for the rest of my life.
'While the case has been ongoing I have not been able to start to recover.'
Judge Anna Richardson said he had raped the victim in a hotel in Plymouth twice.
The victim fell asleep but awoke to find Bullock having sex with her again at the Plymouth hotel.
The court heard that she had been drinking and dancing with Bullock that night but clarified that she did not want to sleep with him, according to Plymouth Live.
The woman managed to escape when Bullock fell asleep and she was able to tell a friend and hotel staff about the attacks.
Bullock was arrested in his bed and held in custody when he should have been answering police bail in Newquay on earlier sex offence charges.
Judge Richardson said the rapes had a profound impact on the victim and severely affected her enjoyment of life.
She said she considered Bullock to be a dangerous offender who is a risk to the public.
The Judge told the court that Bullock had carried out a pattern of serious sexual offending over a six year period from 2013 to 2019.
The court heard that Bullock met the victim at his dance school in Mount Wise, Newquay.
Bullock had engaged in sexual activity with her when she was aged just 15.
He was jailed for four years consecutive to his earlier 16 year prison term and Judge Richardson imposed a four year extended jail term because of the danger he poses to women.